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'May I Be Blunt?' Save Anchorage moderator explains departure after 'Reefer-Gate'

'May I Be Blunt?' Save Anchorage moderator explains departure after 'Reefer-Gate'

Last Thursday's meeting of the Eagle River Community Council was packed with individuals who overwhelmingly support the opening of cannabis shops in their community. The high level of turnout at the meeting can most certainly be attributed to a bad political play made by Eagle River Assemblyperson Jamie

Pot meet Kettle: Save Anchorage down a moderator in wake of Allard's 'Reefer-Gate' drama

Pot meet Kettle: Save Anchorage down a moderator in wake of Allard's 'Reefer-Gate' drama

A member of the politically active Save Anchorage Facebook group not only no longer holds her moderating title with the group but has since left the group altogether in the wake of what has now become known as "Reefer-Gate." Eagle River resident Donna Schopp took issue with Eagle

Email Shows Bronson’s Comms Director Knew Mayor Ordered Fluoride off Day It Happened

Email Shows Bronson’s Comms Director Knew Mayor Ordered Fluoride off Day It Happened

Records provided to the leadership of the Anchorage Assembly in response to their December 2021 request for information from the Bronson Administration demonstrate that communications director Corey Allen Young was informed in an October 1, 2021, email that Anchorage Mayor David Bronson directed AWWU Eklutna's staff to stop

'Quick, call 911:' Allard roasted over fear-mongering social media post

'Quick, call 911:' Allard roasted over fear-mongering social media post

I quite honestly never thought I'd see a day when members of the far-right Save Anchorage group would flip so ferociously on Anchorage politician turned revered deity, Jamie Allard. Still, I'm here to tell you the day has indeed arrived, and I'm so fucking

Testimony Opposing ‘Grotesque’ Anti-trans Youth Sports Bill SB 140 Sought (Again)

Testimony Opposing ‘Grotesque’ Anti-trans Youth Sports Bill SB 140 Sought (Again)

Last Thursday, on the day of the hearing for State Senator Shelly Hughes’ discriminatory and transphobic anti-trans youth sports bill SB 140, Senator Roger Holland, Chair of the Education Committee, canceled testimony members of the public were prepared to give on the bill. The committee did, however, permit out-of-state “friendlies”

Anchorage Assembly Hosts ARPA Investment Work Sessions

Anchorage Assembly Hosts ARPA Investment Work Sessions

The Anchorage Assembly said today that it's hosting a series of work sessions with organizations and individuals who received American Rescue Plan (ARPA) federal funding assistance through Assembly appropriations in 2021.

Allard ‘Traini-Gate’ Messaging Mystery Deepens

Allard ‘Traini-Gate’ Messaging Mystery Deepens

New details have emerged in the ongoing saga involving Eagle River Assemblyperson Jamie Allard, who this past January used a message she says she received from former Anchorage Assembly Chair Dick Traini to smear the public testimony of Anchorage resident Andrew Gray. When Gray testified this past January in support